The problem with our "Food"

When we go to the supermarket, there’s a section for every kind of food. The Frozen section, the canned foods section and the section for fruits, vegetables and meats. When we look at the fruits and vegetables section in the supermarket the image of them being grown on a farm , sitting in the sun being taken cared of by farmers usually comes in mind because, that’s what industry commercials on T.V display to us. When in reality there being modified and sprayed with pesticides. Nor are they being hand grown by farmers, but are industrialized for production. Same goes for the meat industry. The abuse of animals has increased dramatically. The reason for why food industries must abuse there animals to get from them what they want is very unclear to me. There are more humane ways to kill an animal and its not to slit its throat and electrocute it. The living conditions as well for these animals is kept private because they don’t want us to know what they do to the animals before its sent to the nearest McDonalds or Wendy’s. The cows at a lot of these industrial places are kept in small confined areas with many other cows and its impossible for them to move and it adds stress onto the cow. The feed they also give the cows is meant to fatten the cows very quickly which isn’t healthy for the cows and it affects the quality of the meat. There’s probably a percentage of Americans that do know this already but what percentage of Americans actually change there eating habits because of it.

America is big on the food industry because it’s a system that can make a lot more artificial food and it will cost us less but this system is affecting Americans health. In the present 1 in every 3 children is overweight or obese. We rely on food to keep us alive and healthy. Food industries make it hard for us to make healthy decisions on food because fast food like McDonalds and Wendy’s is so accessible to us. Its much cheaper then going to the store and buying fruit that is expensive in some places. Its also comes faster then having to come home and cook all day. Because of all the artificial flavors and chemicals they put in fast food it taste good and makes us want to come back for more. The government sees the increase of health problems within the United States like heart Diseases, high blood pressure and diabetes within adults and children. It seams impossible to buy healthy food because its to expensive and the un healthy food is very cheap. I think we don’t speak up about the problem is because its not directly in front of our faces, we don’t see the damage it does and it makes it harder for us to do anything about it.